Harvard Sailing Captures Marchiando Trophy

Alan Palmer helped lead the Crimson to a Marchiando Trophy
title (photo courtesy David Silverman).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard sailing team
won 14 of its 15 races in Sunday’s round robins to claim the
Lynne Marchiando Trophy in team racing hosted by MIT on the Charles
River. The Crimson also placed sixth at the Longfellow Bridge
Invitational/Central Series Four.

Harvard posted a 5-7 record in Saturday’s first two round
robins, finishing fifth to narrowly miss advancing to compete for
the Friis Trophy at Tufts. The host Jumbos went on to win that
trophy.

The Crimson then dominated the other five competing schools
Sunday. Harvard swept Boston University, Connecticut College,
Dartmouth, Salve Regina and Vermont in the first two round robins
Sunday and suffered only a single loss to Dartmouth in the third
round. Boston University finished second in the Marchiando
competition with a 10-5 record.

Competing in a field of 16 schools in the Longfellow
Invitational, Colin Santangelo skippered Harvard to a sixth-place A
division finish with 82 points and Jason Michas’ B-division
entry totaled 73 points for seventh place. Boston College won the
regatta.